Nearly all the potato acreage in England and Wales is planted with certified or once-grown seed, for growers believe that stocks cannot be kept more than two years without deteriorating. Post-war experiments have proved, however, that in many areas stock can be maintained for at least four years by spraying to prevent virus spread by aphids, and it is more profitable to do so than to import costly seed in the traditional way.
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